John couldn’t find work with his prison record. Brenda’s mom, desperate for money, pushed her into prostitution. Tami and her six children moved in with a drug-abusing relative while her husband bunked elsewhere with friends. While it may seem there is no hope for such people, especially in a recession, we believe there is hope, and we’ve set out to help.

Hope for the Inner City is the dynamic merger of Hope for Chattanooga and Inner City Ministries, two faith-based nonprofit ministries with a combined 49-year history of helping the poor in the name of Jesus Christ.